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JfG LITZEILLE. Medicine-Case.

No. 207,360. Pafented Aug. 27,1878.

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fripeeil'ication forming part of Letters Patent No. 20?,360, dated August 27, 1878; application filed March 19, 1877.

1 5 all a homjtmay concerns l Be it'known that I, JOHN G. LIdZELLE, of

Rockford; infthc county of \Vinnebago. and

fit ate of Illinois, have invented a new and useinl improvement in Medicine-Gases; and I do hereby declare that tl'iiollowing is a full and lfekaifit description of the same, reference being :hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure its a top View of a medicine-case to which the drawer is'applicable in its use. Fi 2 isatransvcrse sectional view, showing the manner of fastening the drawer. Fig. 3 is a front View of the closed drawer as applied to a medicine-case.

F fimilar letters of reference dcnotecorre spending parts in'all the figures.

ffiihe object of the invention is to provide a scllilocking drawer adapted more especially for use in a closed receptacle, and hereinshown ,in connection with a medicine-case, to which it applicable, and in such connectionlt will be described in this application.

{The drawer-locking device consists of a ond'spring acting against the back of the drawer, all of which will be hereinafter fully described. p I 31in the-drawing, A represents the body of the case or box, and A" the hinged cover to the same. a is a handle, secured to the top of the cover, and by which, when the cover is i closed and secured to the body, the case can be carried or removed from place to place, as desired. .l} is the drawer, the operation of which I will be hereinafter described. 0 are compartnicnts i'or reception of bottles, boxes, or other articles which it is desired to keep in a separate condition. 1) is a spring, which can be either leaf or spiral, secured to the rear wall of the case, in the space between the back of the drawer and the said wall, which, when the drawer-retaining. spring-catch is released,

ihllnwsthe by its recoil against the back of the said drawer. D is a tripping-rod, vertically dovetailed, in the rear wall of the case, and. so made that it will freely play up and down. i E is a transverse leaf-spring, sc cured at one end to the bottom oi the case, in

. by the downward pressure of the rod, released from contact with the groove made in the drawer bottom. 1 o release this spring, the

hand of the operator is placed upon the upper end of the vertical rod D,which' is of easy access when the cover is raised, and a downward prcssirc given it, which'will in turn press down the free end of the spring E, and thus disengage the said spring from contact with the recess in the bottom of the drawer, andallow the spring I) to act, so as to push the drawer outward from the case sufficicn tl y for for the entrance of the hands within the drawer.

When the drawer is closed, it will be automatically locked by the use of thc1spring E, which, by its abrupt spur, comes in contact with the notched recess in the bottom of the drawer, as will be readily understood without further description.

When two or more drawers, placed over each other, are used, additional rods and springs are used, so that each separate drawer has its own individual locking device.

The cover may also be made to open in any desired manner, it only being necessary that the rods be protected, so as to secure them from intruders having no right of access to the contents of the drawers.

I do not wish to confine myself to the use of the self-locking drawerin medicine cascs alone, as it is adapted for use in many other devices, as

will be readily seen.

I am aware that drawers have been locked by a tripping-rod, which takes-into a spring secured to the drawer if" if. Lhis Li do not 2 3. The BOIIIbillfitiOll of the drawer/she spring claixn; but E, tripping-r001), and the spring D all at- Whatl. (.10 claim, and. desire to secure by ranged and operating substantially as de- Letters Ia-tent, isso *ibed,

1. In. combination with a. 31min" drawer This s eeifiention si 'ned and witnessed this h 1 s F, r m the lookmgepnng L, the spur e and tne re lit-h day 01 January, 187 7.

cess c,-m1'anged and operating substantially T T 1 as deseribmL J a JOIIL C. LI IZIuLLE.

2. In combination with. the sgpi-ing'E, hm s fit'aiewesz ing the spur e, the trippingiozl D, :nkrnnged Tr. W. F011;),

and operating snhstzinti-(fliy as fieserihed. I 1". A2 filNt-iBERH. 

